Brief report: Influenza vaccination and health care workers in the United States

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-184

  King, William D ^a,b   Woolhandler, Steffie J ^c   Brown, Arleen F ^b   Jiang, Luohua ^b   Kevorkian, Kristine ^d   Himmelstein, David U ^c   Bor, David H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d Antioch University   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee health; Health care workers; Influenza vaccinations; National Health Interview Survey; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 33644833970     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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